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Miasma is the substance in which monsters are made out of in the Astrostles Galaxy. It plays an important role in the lore and gameplay of MARDEK and Miasmon.

Astrostles Galaxy[]

When a deity creates a world, Miasma is the 'residue' that is left over from creation. It exists between this plane of existence and another, and naturally occurs in the surrounding air in small quantities, but is invisible in its natural state. The thoughts of people can shape Miasma into the form of monsters, which cannot think and feel due to being derived from the substance. It works in a way not entirely dissimilar to the Dreamrealm, in that figments appear based on the thoughts and feelings of minds, but it's more closely tied to the material world, so the figments appear as real physical entities. Miasma is comparable to DNA, although with the involvement of magic; it assembles itself into certain patterns to form monsters. Monster 'species' recur from patterns; it was like the Miasma had a sort of 'memory'. When a monster dies, it dissolves into raw Miasma, which will then join the rest of the Miasma between planes.

Before their destruction, the Manta Civilisation in MARDEK were able to contain Miasma in Miasmal Chalices, although for unknown reasons.

It is possible to write a monster pattern from scratch instead of acquiring one from nature. Synthetic monsters are incredibly complex and require a lot of expertise to create, however. It's sort of the equivalent of authoring a genome.

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